White Sox (Castillo) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 08/17/26, 7:05 PM

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Pete needs to do the play he did against the Blue Jays

[mk49]

Pete is back.

[Geographyhater8888]

Of course. The game would be tied if that 108 mph line drive didn’t land in someone’s glove for the 15th time today.

[PeanutPunch33]

Just tie the horsefeathers game 

[Rcal10]

4 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

He got the last out in the 7th

And then walked a guy. That is 2 batters. I thought the rule of only having to get the last out of an inning only works if they actually take him out after that. When he stayed in he had to face 3 guys. But I am not sure about that. Which is why I asked. 

[Dfan25]

Zeferjahn has been dog horsefeathers 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Rcal10 said:

And then walked a guy. That is 2 batters. I thought the rule of only having to get the last out of an inning only works if they actually take him out after that. When he stayed in he had to face 3 guys. But I am not sure about that. Which is why I asked. 

He doesn't have to face three batters in that situation. You were right

[UMFan83]

12 hits, 4 runs 

[abuck1220]

at least PCA appears to be awesome again. having one great player is better than zero. 

[UMFan83]

Cubs have had a runner in scoring position in 7 of their 8 innings, and have only scored in 2 of those innings (on solo HRs and an infield single and error)

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

He doesn't have to face three batters in that situation. You were right

So I was right he had to stay in or he doesn’t have to face 3 batters. 

[JBears79]

This is one of the worst losses all season and it was completely preventable.

[Geographyhater8888]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Cubs have had a runner in scoring position in 7 of their 8 innings, and have only scored in 2 of those innings (on solo HRs and an infield single and error)

It feels exactly like the PCA cycle game. But the Sox are the team of enchantment and it’s illegal for them to lose a game like this. 

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

So I was right he had to stay in or he doesn’t have to face 3 batters. 

If a reliever closes the previous inning, he does not have to face 3 batters

He could have been pulled at any point and besides no one was even warming up so even if there was a 3 batter minimum in effect Craig had no thoughts of removing him until it was way too late.

Edited 11 hours ago by UMFan83

[Papa Cub]

This game was lost when Zeferjahn entered 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Rcal10 said:

So I was right he had to stay in or he doesn’t have to face 3 batters. 

Sorry. I misread initially. Zeferjahn did not have to face three batters in the 8th.

[BigSlick]

just a reminder: you're not allowed to lose this game, not when you outhit them by 8 hits

[PeanutPunch33]

The Cubs have led in every single one of these crosstown games. 

The first game against Burke, they open with a crooked number in the first inning and end up losing. 

The last game of that series, Rea couldn't protect a 3 run lead and they got walked off by a 3rd string catcher. 

And today, Zeferjahn blows it in the 8th. 

Just horsefeathers ridiculous.  The pitching on this team is so horsefeathered 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

What a waste of a challenge right before the bottom of the 9th. Holy crap, Carson.

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

And then walked a guy. That is 2 batters. I thought the rule of only having to get the last out of an inning only works if they actually take him out after that. When he stayed in he had to face 3 guys. But I am not sure about that. Which is why I asked. 

Yea, just looked... 

If they only face 1 or 2 batters to finish inning and stay in game,  it carries over and they still have to face the minimum 3 batters.

Learned something new with that rule

[JHBulls]

Either that season ticket holder with the wavy hair sitting to the left of screen has many women in his family or he is the luckiest man in Chicago. 

[Rcal10]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

If a reliever closes the previous inning, he does not have to face 3 batters

He could have been pulled at any point and besides no one was even warming up so even if there was a 3 batter minimum in effect Craig had no thoughts of removing him until it was way too late.

I just read the rule. It says he doesn’t have to face 3 batters if he ends the inning. However if they don’t take him out at the end of the inning he does have to fulfill the 3 batter minimum. So Zeferjahn did have to face a 3rd batter. 

[profisme]

I don’t mind Peterson.

[Geographyhater8888]

3 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

The Cubs have led in every single one of these crosstown games. 

The first game against Burke, they open with a crooked number in the first inning and end up losing. 

The last game of that series, Rea couldn't protect a 3 run lead and they got walked off by a 3rd string catcher. 

And today, Zeferjahn blows it in the 8th. 

Just horsefeathers ridiculous.  The pitching on this team is so horsefeathered 

They never lead in the taillon start where he gave up 5 470 ft home runs.

[chibears55]

Make Peterson the setup guy ....

Cubs best bullpen arms are going to be Starters that loss their spot in rotation